Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital

[Rick Archer]

Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital





Thanks. I don’t have an iPod and I’d rather no buy one. Can I just go to Radio Shack and buy something that would let me patch my cheap tape recorder into my Mac or PC? If I accomplished that step, what software would I need to edit the audio tracks? QuickTime? Garage Band? Something else on the PC?

on 6/18/06 9:09 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I’m taking tabla lessons and I record them. How can I patch a regular analog
> tape recorder into my Mac or PC so as to create mp3’s of each separate
> rhythm I’m studying? What hardware and software do I need? Would I be better
> off getting a digital tape recorder? Can in iPod serve as a digital tape
> recorder? I’d prefer to just use a regular tape recorder, as high fidelity
> is not a priority.
>

You can use an iPod to record audio. It's not exactly great sound (its meant for taking 
memos), but it can be done. The main advantages are that its relatively cheap ($30 for the 
microphone and no other equipment needed) and it plugs straight into a Mac or PC via the 
firewire/USB iPod link and iTunes software.

With any other solution, you need either an audio connector from the tape recorder to the 
audio-in jack or jacks with the right voltage/ohm rating, or a USB/firewire connector. 
Most/all modern tape recorders come with one or more of these though the Mac's 
microphone input may not be the consumer standard since Apple designs often assume 
that professional equipment is being used. You can also get USB/MIDI converters, etc.

If you already have an iPod, I'd get the belkin microphone (or whatever else is available) 
and see if that suits your needs since it's plug and play and one-step to get it to work 
(iTunes will automatically upload any new audio files you've created on the iPod when you 
plug it into your Mac (or PC?)).

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